Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of His Life, Written by Himself, Together with Essays, Humorous, Moral & Literary, Chiefly in the Manner of The Spectator |
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... called a franklin , en- " riched with great poffeffions ; and alfo other freeholders " and many yeomen , able for their livelihoodes to make a jury " in form aforementioned . " OLD TRANSLATION . Chaucer too calls his country gentleman a ...
... called a franklin , en- " riched with great poffeffions ; and alfo other freeholders " and many yeomen , able for their livelihoodes to make a jury " in form aforementioned . " OLD TRANSLATION . Chaucer too calls his country gentleman a ...
Page 9
... and fuch as were calculated to encourage his fcholars . Under him I foon acquired an ex- cellent hand ; but I failed in arithmetic , and made therein no fort of progrefs . At At ten years of age , I was called home DR . FRANKLIN . 9.
... and fuch as were calculated to encourage his fcholars . Under him I foon acquired an ex- cellent hand ; but I failed in arithmetic , and made therein no fort of progrefs . At At ten years of age , I was called home DR . FRANKLIN . 9.
Page 10
... called home to affift my father in his occupation , which was that of foap - boiler and tallow - chandler ; a business to which he had ferved no apprenticeship , but which he embraced on his arrival in New Eng- land , because he found ...
... called home to affift my father in his occupation , which was that of foap - boiler and tallow - chandler ; a business to which he had ferved no apprenticeship , but which he embraced on his arrival in New Eng- land , because he found ...
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... called the Light- houfe Tragedy , contained an account of the ship- wreck of captain Worthilake and his two daugh- ters ; the other was a failor's fong on the capture of the noted pirate called Teach , or Black - beard . They were ...
... called the Light- houfe Tragedy , contained an account of the ship- wreck of captain Worthilake and his two daugh- ters ; the other was a failor's fong on the capture of the noted pirate called Teach , or Black - beard . They were ...
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... called out to them , and made figns to prevail on them to come and take us up ; but either they did not understand us , or they deemed our requeft im- practicable , and withdrew . Night came on , and nothing remained for us but to wait ...
... called out to them , and made figns to prevail on them to come and take us up ; but either they did not understand us , or they deemed our requeft im- practicable , and withdrew . Night came on , and nothing remained for us but to wait ...
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